33 Facts About Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is a 2016 augmented reality mobile game, part of the Pokemon franchise, developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokemon Company for iOS and Android devices.

Pokemon Go was released to mixed reviews; critics praised the concept but criticized technical problems.

All Pokemon Go are displayed with a Combat Power, which is a rough measure of how powerful that Pokemon Go is in battle.

Factors in the success rate of catching a Pokemon Go include the Pokemon Go's catch rate, the timing, the type of Poke Ball used, etc.

Shiny Pokemon Go are available through multiple ways, mostly by chance.

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Certain Pokemon Go have different distances that they need to be walked in order to receive candy.

Mythical and legendary Pokemon Go are often released individually in special events or quests.

Coins are now earned based on the amount of time the defending Pokemon Go has been in a Gym, as opposed to a one-per-day gym defender bonus of 10 coins per current defending Pokemon Go.

In May 2022, Raid Battle were updated to include the addition of Mega Legendary Pokemon Go, which were turned to 6 stars, the highest currently in the game.

The only Pokemon Go included in these Raids were Mega Latios and Mega Latias.

Purified Pokemon Go are higher-leveled than their Cursed counterparts, can learn an exclusive move when purified, and need fewer candies to evolve.

Tatsuo Nomura, who joined Niantic in 2015 after he developed the Google Maps Pokemon Go Challenge, acted as Director and Product Manager for the game.

Pokemon Go stated that Niantic would be continuing support for the game for "years to come".

Some Pokemon Go introduced in Ruby and Sapphire were added in late 2017, starting with a Halloween event in October and 50 more in December.

Pokemon Go Plus is a Bluetooth Low Energy wearable device, developed by Nintendo's Platform Technology Development division, that allows players to perform certain actions in the game without looking at their smart device.

The player can then press the button to capture the Pokemon Go or receive items from the PokeStop; the player cannot check what they have received until the next time they sign into the app onto their mobile device.

Nintendo plans to release four more smartphone app games by March 2017, and investors remarked that Pokemon Go showed Nintendo still has some of the "most valuable character intellectual property in the world" with franchises such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid.

Some early iOS installs of Pokemon Go required users to provide the app with full access to their Google accounts, thereby allowing the app to "access players' Gmail-based email, Google Drive-based files, photos and videos stored in Google Photos, and any other content within their Google accounts".

Some legendary Pokemon Go, which are rare and powerful versions of the creatures, were obtained by players in a glitch, though they were later removed from the accounts of the trainers to keep the game fair.

Pokemon Go released to "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Philip Kollar and Allegra Frank both agreed that Pokemon Go was "an exciting social experience", but were not sure how long the game and its popularity would last, stating it could either last for coming years or "end up as a brush fire craze that the whole gaming world is talking about for a few weeks and then is forgotten".

Kat Brewster wrote that although she thought Pokemon Go was not a good game, it was "a great experience".

Pokemon Go rapidly rose the American iOS App Store's "Top Grossing" and "Free" charts.

Pokemon Go reached the milestone of $600 million in revenue after only 90 days on the market, becoming the fastest mobile game ever to do so.

Pokemon Go was reported to be the most searched game on Google in 2016.

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In February 2017, Pokemon Go was awarded being the best app at the Crunchies award event.

In May 2018, The Pokemon Go Company announced that the game reached over 800million downloads worldwide.

SuperData Research reported that, in May 2018, Pokemon Go grossed in monthly revenue and had monthly active players, its highest since Summer 2016.

Pokemon Go was one of the top five highest-grossing games of 2020 with an annual revenue of according to SuperData Research, bringing the game's cumulative revenue to by 2020.

Pokemon Go was spoofed in the Maroon 5 music video, "Don't Wanna Know".

Pokemon Go in Syria is a photography series published in 2016 by Syrian artist Khaled Akil.

Pokemon Go was criticized for game accessibility issues by players with physical disabilities.

The AbleGamers Foundation COO, Steve Spohn, said that when Pokemon Go was compared to other mobile games, it "excludes disabled players to a significant degree".